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Images from the International Space Station posted on Twitter by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Tuesday showed Tramis enormous eye which he said was as if somebody pulled the planets gigantic plug. (Photo: Twitter | @Astro_Alex)

SpaceX to send organs on a chip to the International Space Station

The organs on a chip replicate human physiological function at the cellular level.

5 May 2019 10:20 AM IST

Its that time of the year again when social media and the air is full of soppy hearticons (heart+emoticon). Sigh!

Medics carry out record-breaking five transplants in 36 hours

Transplantation deirector had to draft in extra doctors, nurses for support on their days off as more organs became...

2 March 2018 6:02 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

New organ discovered in the human body

The find could explain how cancer spreads.

28 March 2018 1:49 PM IST

About 65 percent of women with hormone-positive disease and a positive blood test did not have a new breast cancer within two years (Photo: AFP)

Woman cured of advanced breast cancer through immunotherapy in world...

Treatment already works in some people with cancer of the lung, cervix, blood cells (leukaemia), skin (melanoma) and...

5 Jun 2018 8:16 AM IST

Her boyfriend also contributes $50 a month from his salary for the surgery (Photo: Facebook)

Woman born without vagina can't have sex, raises funds for surgery

Kaylee wants to have a sexual relationship with her boyfriend but is also nervous about having sex for the first time.

15 Aug 2017 3:20 PM IST

Humans can already receive pig heart valves and pancreases, but scientists have long sought to make their entire organs, which grow to around human size, available for harvest. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists genetically edit viral infections from piglets

Researchers place edited embryonic cells into chemical cocktail that encourages growth without destructive effects of...

12 Aug 2017 10:41 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

China to lead in organ transplants by 2020

Critics have questioned China's claims of reform and suggested that the WHO should be allowed to conduct surprise...

26 July 2017 4:16 PM IST

A 38-year-old brain dead mans organs have saved four lives. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mumbai: Brain dead man's organs save four lives

The donor's family has played an instrumental role and helped the lives of other people.

20 July 2017 2:08 PM IST